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Quote by Richard Dawkins
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of igno

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. – Richard Dawkins

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Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. – Richard Dawkins

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If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. – Richard Dawkins

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Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce. – Joseph Rotblat

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We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail. – Fredrik Bajer

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Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. – Aleister Crowley

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When I die, Im leaving my body to science fiction. – Steven Wright

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I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out. – Oscar Wilde, variously worded paraphrase, see quoteinvestigator.com/2015/10/25/c

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There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him. – David Herbert Lawrence

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The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. – Henry Beston

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Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK. On the contrary, they try to wring from the unknown the answers they have already shaped in their own minds. – Anne Rice

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